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The daily life, invisible work and conditions of the nation\u2019s MPs<\/h1>\n

Original text from Not\u00edcias Magazine (Jornal de Not\u00edcias)<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Seats<\/p>\n

On 11 June 2025, Not\u00edcias Magazine, published by Jornal de Not\u00edcias, ran a feature on the work of members of the Assembly of the Republic at the start of the 17th Legislature, which goes far beyond speeches in the plenary: committees, working groups, drafting reports and contact with voters.<\/p>\n

The feature also addresses MPs\u2019 pay. Patr\u00edcia Calca, a lecturer and researcher at Iscte who studies how political institutions work, describes the narrative that politicians earn a lot and work little as populist, and argues that salaries should reflect the responsibility of the decisions they take.<\/p>\n

For the researcher, unattractive conditions shrink the pool of available candidates and may drive the most qualified profiles away from politics, to the detriment of the quality of representation.<\/p>\n

Read the <\/i>full feature in Jornal de Not\u00edcias<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 11 June 2025, Not\u00edcias Magazine, published by Jornal de Not\u00edcias, ran a feature on the work of members of the Assembly of the Republic at the start of the 17th Legislature, which goes far beyond speeches in the plenary: committees, working groups, drafting reports and contact with voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308],"tags":[418,417,403],"class_list":["post-55792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-press","tag-mps","tag-parliament","tag-patricia-calca","category-308","description-off"],"yoast_head":"\nThe daily life and invisible work of MPs | ODRP-Iscte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Patr\u00edcia Calca (Iscte) comments in Not\u00edcias Magazine on MPs\u2019 working conditions and pay and their impact on the quality of 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